War for Carcasses
On 8 August 2019, the Anti-Corruption Fund Foundation (ACF) filed a report with the Public Financial Inspection Agency, following an investigation into contracts for the burning of animal carcasses, awarded by the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency.
The agency has spent nearly BGN 30 million to dispose of animal carcasses in 2018. The same amount was allocated in 2019. The lucrative contracts were awarded to two companies – Sin krast 2016 and Eko BG SJP. The owners of Sin krast 2016 are Yanka Nikolova-Lazarova and Borislav Lazarov, who gained notoriety during the garbage crisis in the capital in 2009 when he was the manager of Novera, one of the involved firms.
It should be noted that the chosen firms were paid to process a record number of carcasses using mobile incinerators, whose capacity is several times smaller than that of regular incinerators.
The ACF legal team has identified a number of red flags that constitute violations of the Public Procurement Act and should be examined by the relevant authorities. For example, the agency signed annexes to the contracts, increasing the volume of work assigned to the private companies and failing to request for additional performance guarantees.
Following the publication of ACF’s investigation, Bulgaria’s Chief Prosecutor ordered that the Specialized Prosecution carry its own investigation into the matter. On 30 August 2019, the Public Financial Inspection Agency (PFIA) informed ACF about an investigation they are carrying, following our report, as well as a report by the Specialized Prosecution.
On 24 September 2019, the agency’s executive director, Damian Iliev, and his deputy, Dr. Todorka Yankovska – Stefanova, were dismissed.
ACF looks forward to the results of the investigation, as well as to the decision of the Administrative Court – Sofia City regarding a complaint we filed against the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency for failing to provide us with information under the Access to Public Information Act.
Press releases

ACF’s 2024 Annual Monitoring Report: Anti-Corruption Institutions are Strongly Influenced by the Political Environment

More Еvidence of Abuses Revealed in Third Part of ACF Investigation Mr. Grass Head’s Holding Company

Orion Holding from the Inside: Testimony from a High-Level Manager Reveals Systematic Abuses in Hristo Kovachki's Hidden Conglomerate

Mr. Grass Head’s Holding Company: ACF Reveals Best-Kept Secret of Bulgaria’s Energy Sector

New ACF Investigation Exposes Suspected Large-Scale Corruption Scheme within the Road Infrastructure Agency

The Anti-Corruption Fund took part in the Partnerships for Anticorruption Global Forum 2025, hosted by the World Bank Group

The Mayor's Apartments: ACF Sheds Light on Shady Property Deals of Pencho Milkov

ACF Reports to EPPO and CINEA the Latest Questionable Public Procurement for Chiren Underground Gas Storage

First Hearing of the Defamation Lawsuit Against Nikolay Nedelkov, the Metropolitan Inspectorate Director Who Reported Sofia’s 240 Unregulated Dumpsites

Delyan Peevski Seeks to Turn Public Attention Away from the Influence Networks in the Justice System
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София Желева за развитията по казуса "Властелините на пръстта"

Lora Georgieva: The State is Ignoring the Problem with the Compulsory Private Parking Facilities at the Borders

Petyo Petrov “The Euro” Had Key Role in Investigating Delyan Peevski

Prosecutor's Office Initiates Probe Following ACF Report About Manipulated Supreme Judicial Council Vote

Major General Paul H. Pardew will be ACF's International Advisor

Purchased and controlled vote and trust in the electoral process

Anti-Corruption Fund Foundation held a meeting and discussion in Blagoevgrad

Andrey Yankulov to Fakti: The work of the Anti-Corruption Commission is shrouded in secrecy

Mario Rusinov on election technology and the purchased vote
Documents
Policy Brief Animal Waste TenderVideo


More Еvidence of Abuses Revealed in Third Part of ACF Investigation Mr. Grass Head’s Holding Company


Orion Holding from the Inside: Testimony from a High-Level Manager Reveals Systematic Abuses in Hristo Kovachki's Hidden Conglomerate


Mr. Grass Head’s Holding Company: ACF Reveals Best-Kept Secret of Bulgaria’s Energy Sector


New ACF Investigation Exposes Suspected Large-Scale Corruption Scheme within the Road Infrastructure Agency


ACF Reveals Scandalous Appointments of Persons Linked to Political Parties in State-Owned Bulgartransgaz


Chiren: Tenders with Convenient Incline


State-Owned Gas Transit Company “Bulgartransgaz” Gives up BGN 26 Mln. in Compensation for the Failed Expansion of Chiren Underground Gas Storage


Bulky Schemes: Are Sofinvest and Pancharevo's District Inspectorate Protecting Abuses of Sofia's System for Bulky Waste Removal?


Lords of the Dust: Who are the Patrons of a Parallel Construction Waste Removal Scheme in Sofia?

